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A. MILLER.

GAVEL' DBLIVBRER' FOR HARVESTERS. No. 299,667.- PafientedJune B, 1884.

N. PETERS. Phnlou hcgnpber. Washington, DAL

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"A. MILLER.

,GAVEL DELIVERER FOR HARVEST-HRS.

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No; 299,667. Patented June 3, 1884.

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w m V AARON MILLER, OF BROGK PORT, NEXV YORK.

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. PATENT 'GAVEL-DELIVERER FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,667, dated June 3,1884.-

Application filed October 16, 1883. (No model.)

IO any change in its construction or method of operation, it may be usedeither as an ordinary self-rake, so called, or to deliver the gavels insuitable form and manner to a binding attachment located on a level, ornearly I so, with the platform.

In operating my invention it is preferred to use a platform of peculiarconstruction, as will be explained.

The accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, are as follows:

Figure l is a top plan view of my platform and gavel deliverer. Fig. 2is avertical crosssection of the same on the line 1 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a similar section on an enlarged scale, with the gavel-board0 moved to such a position that the grooved guide wheel or roller 1?shall be cut centrally by this same line 1 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is aplan view of the gearing actuating the gavel-deliverer, the plate Hbeing indicated in dotted lines,

and the gearing actuating the cranks E and partially in dotted lines.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

In Fig. 1 of drawingsmy gavel-board, with its attachments, is shown inthree different positions-viz., at the outer side of the platform infull lines, and at the inner side and in the rear in dotted lines.

40 Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of drawings, I

employ a double platform, consisting of an upper and forward portion, A,which is the platform proper, and a lower and rear portion, B. To theforward or front edge of the 4 5 platform A may be attached any suitableform of finger-bar, with cutter-bar working therein. These platforms Aand B may rest upon and be secured to at least three or moresill-pieces. It is important, however, thatthere should be one of thesesills located centrally under these platforms, as seen in section inFig. 2

at M. To the forward end of these sills there is secured the platform A,while the platform B is secured to the rear end of these sills in anysuitable manner. (Notshowm) These sillpieces are so shaped, asindicated, that the the platform B.

Extending upward from the platforms A and B, and at the outer sidesthereof, is the divider h and the post or upright d, the divider h beingindicated only in dotted lines in Fig. l. Secured to the divider h andpost d is the cappiece a, beneath which may be located the grain -wheel,supporting and carrying the outer edge of the platform. To the cap-piecea, post d, divider h, and the outer or righthand edge of the platforms AandB is tacked at its outer or right-hand edge being somewhat curved andextended a short distance under the cap-piece a, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1.

Gained into and screwed to the platform B, so as to be flush with thetop of thesame, is the iron plate H, having holes therethrough, whichform bearings for the shafts m, n, and 0, as, shown. Immediately beneaththese holes in plate H are located other and somewhat larger h'olesthrough the platform B, as shown in Fig. 2. Through these holes pass theshafts m, n, and 0, whose lower bearings are located in the center sill,M. This center sill is notched out or cut away, so as to give room forthe pinions 1), q, and 1, located and secured upon the shafts m, n, and0, respectively. Upon the-upper end of the shaft m is secured the crankE, to the outer or free end of which is secured in a manner so as toarticulate freely therewith the connecting-rod e by means of ascrew-bolt. To the other end of connecting-rod e is rigidly secured theshaft L, working in the bearings or boxes Z Z, screwed, as shown, to theleft-hand face of the gavel-board O. This gavel-board G is supported ata uniform height by means the lower one of the two bearings Z, and isprecause by means of a pin (not shown) passing through the shaft L, justabove either one of the bearings Z.

To the lower end of this shaft L, and just platform A shall be somewhathigher than of a shoulder on the shaft L, located just under vented fromrising or being lifted from any.

the sheet-iron fence or guard "g, the platform A below theconnecting-rod e, is pivoted the grooved guide wheel or roller P. Thisroller P, by means of the peripheral groove therein,

works upon the tongued track G, secured upon the platform B, and isprevented from leaving this track at any time by means of the woodormctallic guide I), entirely surrounding the track G at a littledistance therefrom, and screwed to the platform 13. This guide I) may bemade and put on the platform B in sections, as indicated. It is at allpoints equally distant from the track G, and the space between it andthe track is such as to prevent the roller P from leaving the track, andyet wide enough to allow the free revolution of the roller at all pointsin its course around the track,whether it is bearing against the trackor against the guide I). It will be seen that by the revolution of thepinion p, carrying with it the shaft m and crank E, the gavel-board C iscaused to traverse a course exactly like the track G that is to say, itwill be projected forward at the outer side of the platform, will thensweep across the same to its inner side, and then be withdrawn.

To the shaft 0 is secured the crank F, to the free end of which isrigidly secured the pin or shaftf, working in the space inelosed betweenthe gavel -board 0 and the guide strips I I, screwed onto the rear endthereof, as indicated. The gavel-board O is supported at its rear endupon a shoulder at the lower end of shaft f, as shown.

Referring to Fig. 4-, to any one-of the pinions p, q, orr, which, itshould be remarked, are all of the same size and have each the samenumber of cogs, motion maybe comniu nicated in the direction indicatedby the arrows, the pinions forming a connected train of gearing, wherebythe cranks E and F are caused to revolve in the same direction and atthe same rate of speed. The crank F, as shown, is set somewhat inadvance of the crank E. The conformation of the track G with the guideI) surrounding it, and the relative proportion existing between thetrack and guide, the cranks E and F, and the connectingrod c, are suchthat when the pinions p, q, and r are caused to revolve in the mannerdescribed the gavel-board C will in traversingthe course alreadydescribed be retained in a position nearly at right angles with the cutof the machine, or with the front edge of the platform A, except thatjust before it enters upon that portion of its course across theplatform it will assume the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, itsforward end being thrown farther out than its rear end and pressingagainst the sheet-iron fence g, so as to more effectually gather up allthe grain at starting and not leave any against the fence. After it haspassed across the platform A, the angle of the gavel-board C will bereversed and the cranks E and F, connecting-rod e, shafts L andf, andguide-strips I will assume the positions indicated in dotted lines inthe same figure at the inner side of the platform. The object of thischange in the angle of the gavcl-board O is to insure the certaindelivery of the gavels from the platform Aand wholly to the rear of thefront edge of said platform. The gavelboard f, together with the cranks,connections, and other devices actuating the same, is indicatedin otherdotted lines to the rear at a position in its return-course nearlymidway between the two positions already described.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, to the upper edge of the gavel-board O thedeflector l) is hinged by means of butts .5, located on the right-handside of the board and deflector. The board and deflector have theiradjacent edges beveled off from the left-hand side of each, asindicated, so as to allow the deflector to swing freely on the board inthe manner indicated in the drawings. 3y meansofa leafspring, 0,clamped, as shown in Fig. 2, between the board 0 and the forward ends ofthe guide-strips I, the deflector D is held in a vertical position whennot otherwise operated upon. A plate, K, provided with a projection, 7;,thereon is secured, as shown, to the left-hand side of the deflector D,and opposite a large opening through the center thereof The upper end ofthe shaft L is curved at such an angle with the connecting-rod e, towhich it is rigidly secured, that when the gavelboard occupiestheposition indicated in full lines in Fig. 1 the deflector D will beinclined slightly to the left by means of the curved upper end of theshaft L bearing against the plate K. \Vhen the board G has been moved tothe inner side of the platformthc position indicated in dotted lines tothe leftthe deflector, as shown, is inclined still farther over to theleft by means of the curved upper end of the shaft L bearing against theprojection 7.: on the plate K. This projection is is curved, and extendsto the right from the plate K, and partially through the opening inthedeflector 1); and through this same opening the curved upper end of theshaft L passes in completing its revolution during the return-course ofthe board 0. Owing to the form of the projection is on the plate K, thegreater part of this increase in the inclination of the deflector takesplace just as the gavel-board O arrives at the position indicated indotted lines at the inner end of the platform, or just at the time ofthe formation of a complete gavel, thereby acting as a compressor andreducing the size of the gavel, so as to bring it well withiir the rangeor scope of the needle-arm of the binding mechanism. Shortly after thegavel-board is withdrawn from the last-named position the curved upperend of the shaft L leaves the projection k 011 the plate K, and thedeflector l) is car ried back to an upright position by means of thespring 0 bearing against the rear end of the deflector. The object inhaving the de ilector thus carried back to avertical position just asthe gavel-board leavesthe position indicated in dotted lines at theinner end of the platform is that it may avoid any device used forsupporting the platform from the main frame of the machine, which devicemay be applied to the rear of the usual finger-bar connections. Suchsupporting device, it will of course be understood, in order that it maynot obstruct the free delivery of the gavels, must be secured to theinner side of my platform, and some distance to the rear of the platformA, and must also be carried up high enough to pass freely at all timesover the bundles or gavels after they are deposited on the ground. Afterthe gavel-board leaves the position indicated in dotted lines at therear of the machine, and just before arriving'at the position indicatedin full lines, the curved upper end of the shaft L is brought to bearagainst the plate K, causing the deflector D to be again inclinedslightly over to the left. This inclination is somewhat increased by thefor ward motion of the board 0 until such board arrives at the positionindicated in full lines, when the board and deflector are ready torepeat the operation described. The deflector D catches along itsforward and slanting end so much of the grain falling just in advance ofthe board 0 as would by the forward movement of the board be preventedfrom falling in proper shape into the gavel being formed in advance ofboard, and by means of the slanting forward end of the deflector D andthe motion of the board 0 and deflector-D such grain is caused to fallbehind the board 0, and in proper shape for the next gavel. By theaction of the deflector in the manner described the gavels themselvesare also gathered and delivered in much better and more compact form,either" to a binder, when used, or off from the inner side of theplatform A. Wood, brass, steel,

upon the platform A into agavel and delivering it to a binder, which maybe attached to the inner edge of the platform A, or pushing.

the gavel off from the platform A at its inner edge. The gavel-board C,it will be understood, performs this work by rakingor sweeping the grainacross the platform A from the outer to the inner side, the grainfalling on the platform during this operation being properly divided andcaused to fall in proper form both'in the front and the rear of thegavelboard (1 as the same advances, by means of the deflector D actingalso as a compressor and working in the manner already described. Itwill readily be seen that a complete gavel is formed during eachrevolution of the cranks E and F, and that these cranks may be caused torevolve at any desired rate with regard to the other working parts ofany one of the various machines to which my gavel-deliverer may beapplied.

I would call attention to the fact that, owing to the location of theshaft m relative to the center of the track G, and tothe relativeproportion of the actuating parts of my gavel-deliverer, but aboutone-fourth of a revolution of the crank E is required to form a gave]and deliver it from the platform, the other threefourths of suchrevolution being taken up in bringing the board 0 into position to formthe next succeeding gavel, thus forming clean gavels even at their butt-ends, and doing it quickly, and allowing little time for the grain toget tangled as it falls upon the platform during the forming of a gavel.

" I will mention that the platform A is the platform proper, being theone onwvhich the grain falls as it is cut, while the platform B performsnone of the functions of a platform proper, but serves only as a moreconvenient support for the track G, guide I), and plateI-I. It may bedispensed with entirely, in which case such track, guide, and plate maybe supported directly. on sill-pieces properly located for that purpose5 or in place of such platform B there may be used any other equivalentdevice for supporting such track, guide, and plate.

It will of course be understood that without departing from the spiritof my inventlon very many modifications may be made in the form andproportion of my gavel-deliverer and the different parts thereof, so asto adapt it to use with different machines.

What I claim is- 1. In a harvester, the combination,with the platform A,of the gavel-board O, crank E, connecting-rod e, shaft L, bearings Z,crank F,

shaft f, guide-strips I, means for supporting and revolving said cranksE and F, roller P, track G, guide I), and means for supporting saidtrack and guide, each constructed, arranged, and operating substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

-2. The combination, with the platform A, gavel-board O, crank E,connecting-rod e, shaft L, bearings Z, crank F, shaft 1'', gu destripsI, means for supporting and revolvlng the cranks E and F, roller P,track G, guide I), and means for supporting said track and guide, of thedeflector D, articulated to the board 0, spring 0, and plate K,providedwith the projection k, all constructed, arranged,

and operating substantially as shown and de scribed.

8. In a harvester, the combination of a platform, a gavel-board, adeflector hinged to said gavel-board, and devices to support and actuateboth said gavel-board and deflector, said devices located entirely atthe rear of the platform, and constructed, arranged, and operat ing insuch a manner as to cause the gavelboard to traverse a course in a planeparallel with the platform and to pass over and across said platformonly in a direction from the outer to the inner edge of the same,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of ahaNestor-platform,a track, a gavel-board, adeflector hinged to said gavel-board and actuated by the same means,cranks arranged to actuate said gavcLboard, and means for confining themovements of the gavel-board to a course described by said track, all ofthe devices for operating the gavelboard being located in the rear ofthe platform.

5. In a harvester, the COlllblnfLtiOll,With the gavel-board, of adeflector hinged thereto and means for operating the deflector, wherebyit will also act as a compressor, substantially as set forth.

A ARON MILLER.

Vitnesses:

F. E. XVILLLmIs, R. O. HULL.

